Varanasi panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 16:22 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:15
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:15
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:41 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 06:41 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method